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"Batter my heart, three-personed [[God]], for you/ As yet but knock, breathe, shine and seek to mend..." The scientists considered the name appropriate for something Godlike.
"Batter my heart, three-personed [[God]], for you/ As yet but knock, breathe, shine and seek to mend..." The scientists considered the name appropriate for something Godlike.
The atomic bomb that exploded was the implosion-design [[plutonium]] bomb, equivalent to what was later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. The detonation was equivalent to the explosion of 20 kilotons of TNT. The Test was concieved out of the [[Manhattan_Project|Manhattan Project]], the Allied effort to build new powerful weapons using [[nuclear fission]].
The atomic bomb that was tested was the implosion-design [[plutonium]] bomb (nicknamed "Fat Man,") equivalent to what was later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. The detonation was equivalent to the explosion of 20 kilotons of TNT. The Test was concieved out of the [[Manhattan_Project|Manhattan Project]], the Allied effort to build new powerful weapons using [[nuclear fission]].
The sand in the area around ground zero was so intensly heated by the blast that it was melted into greenish [[glass]], later known as trinitite after the test.
The 51,500 acrea site is now a [[National Historic Landmark]], and visits can be made to the site in April and October, as it is too hot in July.
The 51,500 acrea site is now a [[National Historic Landmark]], and visits can be made to the site in April and October, as it is too hot in July.